The water in the ocean can be rough or calm. It can be clear or murky. But the water itself doesn't mind.

Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.

Wisdom says we are nothing. Love says we are everything. Between these two our life flows.

Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness.

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living in better conditions.

The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves.

Few among men are they who cross to the further shore. The others merely run up and down the bank on this side.

The Dhamma is not a collection of doctrinal formulas but a path leading to direct insight into the nature of reality.

The treasure house within you contains everything, and you are free to use it. You don't need to seek outside.

To carry yourself forward and experience myriad things is delusion. That myriad things come forth and experience themselves is awakening.

When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick. Every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower.

A man is not called wise because he talks and talks again; but if he is peaceful, loving and fearless then he is in truth called wise.

The path of awakening is not about becoming who you are. Rather it is about unbecoming who you are not.

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there.

The view is like a lion - it cannot be led around by anything else. Meditation is like an eagle - it cannot be distracted by anything else. Action is like a madman - it is free from accepting and rejecting.

When you love someone, you have to have trust and confidence. Love without trust is not yet love.

The farther you enter into truth, the deeper it is.

You will not be punished for your anger; you will be punished by your anger.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to bring everything onto the path. Every experience becomes an opportunity for awakening.

Your purpose in life is to find your purpose and give your whole heart and soul to it.

The ultimate revolution is the spiritual revolution, where we learn to see reality as it truly is.

Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck.

Peace is within oneself to be found in the same place as agitation and suffering. It is not found in a forest or on a hilltop, nor is it given by a teacher.

True peace is found not in the absence of experience but in the clear seeing of all experience.

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

If you forget yourself, you become the universe.

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

The best way to solve a problem is to help someone else solve their problem.

Freedom is not found in the absence of difficulty, but in our relationship to it.

Just as parents care for their children, you should bear in mind the whole universe.

The willingness to empty ourselves and then seek our true nature is an expression of great and courageous love.

My religion is to live and die without regret.

If you want to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be miserable, expect something in return.